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...Whatever the provocation, responsible leaders of the present government, preferring to act with forbearance, and on the basis of give and take, have always chosen to take action in moderation." Though few Burmese find the articles believable, many find them entertaining. "Some of the stories they told were so foolish, it was funny," says one Rangoon resident. Comedy is easy; freedom is hard...
...FOOLISH. James Seidel, a tax expert at RIA in New York City, points out that in most cases you will qualify for the lower dividend tax rate only if you own your shares for at least 60 days before the dividend is paid. What's more, says Seidel, the fat yields on preferred stocks can nudge some middle-income investors past the point at which the dreaded alternative minimum tax kicks in. Check with your accountant first. --With reporting by Tara Kalwarski
...Thailand's other hit radio program doesn't do much to help its listeners at all. Instead, shock jock Veera Theerapat spends most of his on-air time ridiculing callers foolish enough to try to parry with Thailand's Howard Stern. At first, Bangkok denizens took offense at Veera's brassy attitude; this is, after all, a country where reserve and politeness are practically national characteristics. Newspapers chided Veera for bringing the worst of the West to the East. But Veera's direct approach soon caught on. "He always says just what he thinks," says engineer Chartchai Kaewsung, who tunes...
...Josh" is a new missionary, but not a foolish one. "I would never do anything stupid like blatant preaching on the street or going up to someone I don't know and handing out literature," he says. But at age 24 and after only eight months on the job, he occasionally gets antsy. "I'm impatient by nature," he says, "so maybe expectations are a problem." The son of missions workers with the Pentecostal Assemblies of God denomination, he grew up abroad, but a palm-bedecked Arab capital is his first solo long-term posting. He strolls its working-class...
...Bahal: The government just couldn't believe that journalists would be foolish enough to do such a big story without an ulterior motive. They tried to blame the whole dotcom crash on us! They scared away our investors. At one point I had 10 bodyguards assigned to me. After a while, it became distasteful...